May crafting report

Thank you for your lovely comments on my last post, I'm glad you liked the "Mini me" as much as I do.

In case anyone noticed, I have been away from blog land for a month now. Nothing to worry, just a short break from the daily routine. Yesterday I came back from an amazing trip to Himalayas and I'm charged up to spend few more months in this hustle bustle before I take another break.

I have been crafting, however not much to have separate posts for GG and Theme-tas-stitch SALs . This post is my check in for both SALs.

Gifted Gorgeousness SAL is hosted by Jo. For this SAL, we show what hand crafted gifts we made or receive every month.

I received a wonderful package from Shamiin Dec 2016.However their was a bit mismatch in timing , so the package was at my parent's place since then. I collected the package last week during my visit to India .

I started a new gift for a friend's baby due in July- a knitted baby blanket. I'm having difficulty in concentrating on cross stitch and have had regular frog visits. So I decided to start a project which requires less counting.

Here is my progress so far:26 rows knitted . The yarn is Indian Ice Batik .I would like to shoe horn this as my entry for Monochrome May -Theme-tas-stitch 2017 hosted by Kerry. Well this is all I made in May with single skein of yarn ☺

My next post will be about a swap I participated in with a fellow blogger.Stay tuned.

Hope you had a nice break in India, Mini! How lovely that you were able to pick up your gifts from Shami ..... two great cross stitch gifts there! Nice knitting! Look forward to reading about your swap!Barbara x

Welcome back! Thanks for taking part in GG this month too. Lovely exchange parcel. I have some of that Anchor metallic and it's really nice to stitch with. Much better than DMC! Doesn't shred when you are stitching with it.The baby blanket has such pretty colours in it too.

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